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Eddie Jones says he saw enough for Wallabies to have hope

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Eddie Jones put a brave face on another "terrible" Wallabies defeat on Saturday, insisting he saw enough from his team to believe they could haul themselves out of their slump.The former England boss opted for a fresh side against New Zealand with seven new faces from the team that lost to Argentina a fortnight ago as he tries to nail down his best XV for the World Cup in France.READ | Erratic Springboks survive almighty Williams and Pumas scare to get back to winning waysHe put them under orders to make a fast start and they were impressive in the opening 20 minutes, but their heads went down when the All Blacks hit their stride at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground."Obviously very disappointed about the result, the scoreline, that's a real negative for us," said the coach, describing the 38-7 defeat as "terrible"."It was a big crowd and we wanted to show that this was a new team."We still seem to get disappointed on the field when we don't get the rewards that we think we deserve, which is an area we continue to work on."But I really liked the way we came out in the first 20 of the first half and the first 15 or 20 of the second half as well," he added.The Wallabies were hampered by a pair of yellow cards to Marika Koroibete and Taniela Tupou, with four of New Zealand's six tries coming when they were a man down as ill-discipline again haunted them.Despite the third straight loss of his reign and with the clock ticking to the September-October World Cup, Jones said he wasn't completely disheartened."It's still a work in progress," he said. "But what I liked about the team tonight was the way tactically they took on New Zealand in the first 20 minutes."We can turn that 20 minutes into longer, which we're quite capable of

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